Cut music to an hour a day (N.America)
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is worried that 1.1 billion teenagers and people in their twenties and early thirties are damaging their hearing by listening to loud music. It says nearly half the young people in middle- and high-income countries risk hearing loss because of the "unsafe use" of personal music players, including smartphones. Loud music in nightclubs, bars and at sporting events also increases the risk. The WHO recommends a safe limit of listening to music for just one hour a day. The WHO director for injury prevention, Dr Etienne Krug, told the BBC that: "What we're trying to do is raise awareness of an issue that is not talked about enough." He said hearing loss is easily preventable.
Dr Krug said keeping the volume down and limiting the use of personal audio devices to less than one hour a day would save a lot of people's hearing. However, he also said that, "even an hour can be too much if the volume is too loud". Ralph Holme, a biomedical researcher, explained how loud noise can damage ears. He said: "Loud sounds damage your hearing by killing off thousands of little hair cells in the inner ear. The cells detect different pitches of sound through vibration…but they are very fragile and if they vibrate too much due to loud sounds for too long, they get damaged and die." He warned that: "The problem is they don't grow back and the ear can no longer detect sound."
1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a.Over 1.1 billion teenagers risk hearing loss because of loud music.T / F
b.Half the young people in poorer countries risk hearing loss.T / F
c.Loud music at sporting events increases the risk of hearing loss.T / F
d.The WHO said too many people are talking about hearing loss.T / F
e.A doctor said an hour of music a day is OK even at high volumes.T / F
f.Loud noise kills tiny hair cells inside our ears.T / F
g.The hair cells in our ears can break very easily.T / F
h.Once a hair cell dies, it can never grow back.T / F
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.How many people are at risk of hearing loss due to loud music?
2.What proportion of people in richer countries are at risk?
3.At what kind of events could people damage their hearing?
4.What is Etienne Krug the director of at the WHO?
5.What did Dr Krug say he is trying to raise?
6.What would be saved by limiting loud music to an hour a day?
7.What is Ralph Holme's job?
8.Where in the body are the hair cells mentioned in the article?
9.What can happen to the hair cells if they vibrate for too long?
10.What can the cells no longer do if they die?
答案
TRUE / FALSE
a F b F c T d F e F f T g T h T
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.1.1 billion
2.Half
3.Sporting events
4.Injury prevention
5.Awareness
6.People's hearing
7.Biomedical researcher
8.The inner ear
9.They can die
10.Detect sound
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